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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 PAIR OF $1.2M JUVENILES MAN O= WAR PROJECT HELPING THE SOLDIERS OF WAR HEAL by Dan Ross HEADLINE FT GULFSTREAM How long have humans been aware of the cruel psychological toll of war? For a clue, just turn to the Ancient Greeks, and the play Ajax, about a decorated general whose hellish recollections of battle drive him into deep depression and eventually to suicide. For millennia then, we have recognized many of the conditions that now fall under the umbrella of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). And yet, beyond a handful of common treatments for PTSD with only so-so success rates, the medical establishment has largely ignored so called "alternative" treatments for which there's overwhelming anecdotal evidence as to their benefits. Cont. p15 (Click here) Hip 9 | F-T Photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY By Christie DeBernardis and Jessica Martini SCAT DADDYS, A FRANKEL SET FOR ARQANA HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--The 2-year-old market was strong in Arqana has unveiled the catalogue for its breeze-up sale on Florida Wednesday at Fasig-Tipton=s Gulfstream Sale, which May 12. Half of the juveniles catalogued are out of or siblings produced numbers largely on par with last year=s figures. The to stakes horses. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN auction was topped by a pair of $1.2-million juveniles: a filly by Europe. Medaglia d=Oro (hip 9) purchased by Stonestreet Stables and a colt by Into Mischief (hip 77) bought by Larry Best. A total of 61 horses sold for $23,495,000, compared to 2017 when 74 juveniles grossed $25,115,000. The average was up 13.5% from $339,392 last term to $385,164 and the median increased 9.3%, from $270,000 to $295,000. AIt was an extremely strong marketplace on the upper end with tremendous competition,@ said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. AThere were multiple bidders on the horses that performed well, vetted well and made good videos. We continued to see selectivity in the marketplace. A lot of nice horses did not get sold today or were scratched due to lack of interest and that is the same environment we have lived in in recent years. All in all, I thought it was a strong, strong horse sale. Average was up. Gross was down because the RNA rate was higher, plain and simple.@ Thirty horses failed to sell from 91 offered out of 166 catalogued for an RNA rate of 33%, compared to 2017 when 13 returned to their owners for an RNA rate of 14.9%. 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Bookkeeper NINE ENTERED FOR FLORIDA DERBY Terry May [email protected] A field of nine, including Grade II winners Catholic Boy (More Than Ready), Audible (Into Mischief) and Promises Fulfilled WORLDWIDE INFORMATION (Shackleford) square off in the main event on a blockbuster International Editor GI Florida Derby card Saturday at Gulfstream. See all fields Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] after Headline News. European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 20 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 29, 2018 F-T Gulfstream cont. from p1 Stonestreet Strikes Early for Medag Filly AThis is more similar to what you will see in an upper-end The late Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke=s Stonestreet Stables 2-year-old sale,@ Browning said of the buy-back rate. AA lot of enjoyed quite a bit of success with a daughter of Medaglia d=Oro them will get sold privately in the next 24-48 hours, some of in Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra. Banke and advisor John which will go through us and some of which will go through the Moynihan fought off all challengers early in Wednesday=s sale to consignors. There is demand for horses, but you need to be take home another filly by the Darley sire (hip 9) for a co-sale- realistic in your evaluation and with yourself on how your horse topping $1.2 million. performed and vets. The market is healthy.@ AI like Medaglia d=Oro fillies,@ Banke said. AI=ve had very good In addition to the two toppers, a Scat Daddy colt brought a luck. I actually have two really good ones back at our training cool million from Coolmore for a total of three seven-figure center, one out of Kauai Katie and one out of Fully Living, and sales, which was the same as last year=s sale. Sixteen other this will be the third. I love them to race and I love them as horses sold for $500,000 or more. broodmares.@ AThe market is not in any way, shape or form down from last As for the price, Banke said, AI knew it was going to be a tough year, in my opinion,@ Browning said. AThe top might have one. There were a lot of horses that didn=t make the process and changed a little bit, not dramatically, from last year. There are a didn=t pass the vet. This was our pick. We came, we did it early lot of people who will give you $500,000 or $750,000 for a horse. and now I am going to go have something nice to eat.@ If you get north of that, it gets a little thinner, as we have seen At the moment, Stonestreet is the sole owner on the dark bay in recent years. Overall, it was a successful exercise and bodes filly, but Banke said she may take on one of the underbidders as well for our sale at Timonium in May.@ a partner if they were still interested. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 20 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 29, 2018 Hip 9 cont. AJaime Roth [of LNJ Foxwoods] was in for a little bit of the time, so we will see if she wants a piece,@ Banke said. AWe have been talking about owning a horse together for years, but haven=t done it. So, we will see if she wants to and if not, that=s fine, too.@ Bred by Don Alberto Corporation, hip 9 is out of the Distorted Humor mare Mi Vida. Her third dam is MGISW millionaire Dream Supreme (Seeking the Gold), who produced Grade I-winning sire Majestic Warrior (A.P. Indy). Hip 9 | F-T Photo Purchased by Hades Stable for $200,000 at Keeneland September, hip 9 breezed in :10 flat for her consignor Niall Brennan. AShe=s just like a machine on the racetrack,@ Brennan said. AWe knew everybody loved her. She was just very, very popular and jumped through all the hoops as they say. I didn=t know how much she=d bring. I just knew she=d be well up there. You never know if they can bring $1 million. There were a lot of people on her. I hope she is as good as we think she is. I hope she=s a very, very good filly for Stonestreet and a broodmare down the road.@ --@CDeBernardisTDN Best Back in Action at Gulfstream Larry Best, whose OXO Equine LLC, purchased two of three seven-figures lots at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale, was back in action in the track=s paddock Wednesday, going to a co- sale-topping $1.2 million to acquire a colt by Into Mischief. Consigned by Eddie Woods, hip 77 is out of Assets of War (Lawyer Ron), a daughter of graded stakes winner Added Asset (Lord at War {Arg}). The youngster shared the bullet furlong time of :10 flat during Monday=s under-tack preview. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 20 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 29, 2018 Hip 77 cont. Best | F-T Photo AI just bought a horse,@ Best, surrounded by reporters after signing for the sale-topper, said with a chuckle and a shrug of his shoulders.